Samajwadi Party
9 articles on India Vote Kar are tagged “Samajwadi Party”, published between June 2018 and March 2019. They are filed mainly under SP, Congress, BSP. They are listed below, newest first, followed by related coverage and topics.
Denied ticket, BJP MP from Hardoi Anshul Verma joins Samajwadi Party
Anshul Verma, the BJP’s Member of Parliament from Hardoi, joined the Samajwadi Party on Wednesday after being denied a party ticket. He was inducted in the presence of SP president Akhilesh Yadav and senior leader Azam Khan. A ‘chowkidar’ resignation Verma said he had handed his resignation as a ‘chowkidar’ (watchman) to a guard at the BJP office in Lucknow earlier that day and had also given him a day’s wages. Speaking to reporters at the SP office, he asked how many people would want their children to become chowkidars,Read More
SP-BSP finalise seat-sharing for 2019 Lok Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh
Akhilesh Yadav’s Samajwadi Party and Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party on Thursday named the Lok Sabha seats each will contest in Uttar Pradesh. The SP will fight 37 seats and the BSP 38, while three seats have gone to the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD). The alliance will not field candidates in Amethi and Rae Bareli. The seat division When they first announced the alliance, the two parties had said they would each contest 38 of the state’s 80 constituencies. The final allocation was released in a statement signed by SP presidentRead More
SP and BSP face key questions before finalising 2019 alliance in Uttar Pradesh
Friday’s meeting in Delhi between SP president Akhilesh Yadav and BSP chief Mayawati fuelled speculation that the two parties had settled a seat-sharing deal for Uttar Pradesh and could announce it soon. Several issues, however, still had to be agreed before any final announcement, according to sources. The possible formula Under one suggested arrangement, the SP and BSP would each contest 37 seats, leaving two each for the RLD and the Congress and two for smaller parties such as the Nishad Party or the Krishna Patel faction of Apna Dal.Read More
Leaving Congress out of UP alliance would weaken anti-BJP front, says Salman Khurshid
Senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid said on Sunday that if his party were excluded from an opposition alliance in Uttar Pradesh, any nationwide front against the BJP would be weakened. He was speaking amid reports that the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party might keep the Congress out of a tie-up in the state. Khurshid’s argument Speaking in an interview, Khurshid, who previously headed the Congress in UP, said building a grand alliance in Uttar Pradesh would be the most difficult task for the opposition there. He argued itRead More
Why Yogi Adityanath spent 20 days away from Uttar Pradesh campaigning
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath spent at least 20 days of the past month outside his state, campaigning for the BJP in the Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh elections. BJP leaders said he was second only to Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a crowd-puller, citing his Hindutva stance, novelty as a campaigner and ability to rouse audiences. A packed schedule Over the month, Adityanath addressed 26 rallies across the three states: six in Chhattisgarh, nine in Madhya Pradesh and 11 in Rajasthan. He planned to finish in Rajasthan onRead More
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